What GM chairman said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”?

January 19, 2020 by Pamela Landy

No GM chairman ever said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”.

The line actually was, “What’s good for the country, is good for General Motors, and vice-versa,” and it was said by Charles Wilson, a former GM head who was at the time the secretary of defense under President Eisenhower.